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QPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,733, dated August19, 1884. Appliealion filed May as, 1884. (No model.)

, 1'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, QUIN'roN J. HOKE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Yorkville, in the county of York and State of SouthCarolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. V

This invention relates to improvements in baling-presses especiallydesigned for baling i cotton or other fibrous materials; and it consistsin the construction and arrangement of devices, substantially ashereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, Figs. 2 and3 are an end ele vation and a top plan view, respectively, and Fig. 4isavertieal longitudinal section, of my improved billing-press.

Like letters denote like parts in the above figures of drawings.

A indicates a suitable frame, from which the compressionbox B and thelint-box Gare supported, and consisting of two end trans versebase-girts, a, two longitudinal girts, a, and four uprights, a to whichthe base transverse and longitudinal girts are secured, and the lowerends of which form feet, upon which the press stands. To the upper endof each pair of uprights or standards a is secured a longitudinal girt,A, and at or near the upper edge of the lateral walls of the lint-box Care secured like girts,A These girts A A pre- 0 ject some distancebeyond the opposite ends of the press, the former girts being bracedtogether at each end by transverse brace-rods a", while the girts A arebraced to girts A by crossed ties a as more plainly shown in 5 Fig. 2.

The compressing-box B is so arranged upon the base of the frame as toadapt it for removal therefrom, except its bottom. To this end the sidewalls, I), are adapted to be seated in brackets b, secured to the'girtsa. The end walls, N, are held at their lower edge by cleats or sills I),and at the upper end of the pressboX the walls are held by headedtie-rods I)", that pass through brace-bars b secured to the lateralwalls bof said compressing-box, one end of said tie-rod being slottedfor the recep tion of a wedge-shaped key, I), which is prefl erablyattached to the brace-bar by a cord or chain to preventits beingmisplaced or lost. If desired, the ends of the tie-rods may bescrew-threaded for the reception of a nut, by means of which the wallsof the press-box are secured in position.

It is obvious that the four walls of the pressbox may be removed from acompressed bale by simply withdrawing the keys I) and withdrawing therods I) from the brace-bars b thereby affording an easy means fordismembering the compressing-box and tying and removing the compressedbale.

The bottom B of the compressing-box is provided with suitable groovesfor the reception of the baleties, as is usually the ease in presses ofthis class.

The lint-box G has its lateral walls 0 rigidly connected to thelongitudinal girts A A at their upper and lower edges, respectively, theend walls thereof being composed of two wings, a, hinged to girts A saidwings being of such width as to leave, when closed, sufficient spacebetween them for the operation of the follower-arms. The wings c areheld in a closed position by means of pivoted locking-bars D, the outerends, d, of which are bentlat right angles to engage the outer faces ofsaid wings. In Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings I have shown two suchlocking-bars Done on each side of the lint-box near its lower end saidbars being arranged to rotate in suitable bearings secured to thelateral walls of said boX. It is evident, however, that four such rodsmay be employed on the lint-box two near its lower end and two near itsupper endin which case the arms (1 of the upper rods may be held inproper position by removable stop-pins d, as shown in Fig. 2.

F is the follower, the body f of which is of triangular form incrossseetion, while its effective or compressing surface is composed ofa plane surface of a length and width equal too to the interior lengthand width of the hut box G and compressing-box B, and provided withgrooves for the reception of the bale-ties, corresponding with the likegrooves in the bottom of the compressing-box; or said effective orcompressing surface may be formed of a series of plane surfaces, f,arranged upon the follower-body f relatively to one another, so as toleave a space between each two surfaces f, for the reception of thebale-ties. The follower Fhas at each end an arm, f that projects throughthe slot formed by the hinged wings c. To the outer end of each arm ishung from an eyebolt, g, a segmental rackbar, G, by means of which anddevices now to be described the follower is operated in its function ofcompressing the bale.

In suitable bearings, I, secured to the base transverse girts a, atopposite ends of the frame, in a line with the slots in the end walls ofthe lint-box, are pivoted the operating-levers H, that are forked attheir pivoted ends, or which ends are provided with slots h for thereception and passage of the segmental rack-bars G. At their slottedportion the levers carry pivoted bails or pulls K, that carry steel pins70 at their outer end adapted to engage the teeth of the raclebars G,and upon the outer ends of the longitudinal basegirts a are pivotedlooking or retaining bails L, also adapted to engage the teeth of therackbars G.

The operation of these devices is as follows: The levers H are elevatedso that their bails K will engage the lower tooth of the rack-bar G.Said lovers are then forced down, carrying the follower down also tocompress the material previously introduced into the lint andcompressing box. WVhen the levers H are at the limit of their downwardmovement,

the looking or retaining bails L, that straddle 'said levers, and are ofsuch length as to engage the rack-bars at points above the pulls K asshown in Fig. 4, are hooked to the rackbars, and bails or pulls K aredisengaged from the latter, and the operation repeated.

What I claim is 1. In a cotton-baling press, the combina tion,substantially as shown and described, of the main frame A, the lint-box0, having its sides rigidly secured to said frame, and pro vided withend-gates hinged to such frame, the compressing-box B,having its wallsdetachabl y connected with the frame and lint-box, means, substantiallysuch as described, for receiving said walls in position relatively tothe lintboX, the follower F, and means, substantially such as described,for actuating said follower, for the purposes specified.

2. In a cotton-baling press, the combination, with the main frame,compressing-box, and superposed lint-boX, having its lateral wallsrigidly connected with said frame, and

its end walls arranged to swing outwardly, of the locking-bars pivotallyconnected with the lateral sides of the lint-box, and operating to lockthe end walls closed, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

8. In a cottoubaling press, the combination, with the main frame A,ofthe locking-bails L, pivoted thereto, the follower F, segmentalrack-bars G, suspended from said follower, the slotted levers H, and thebails and pulls K, pivoted to said levers, said parts being arranged foroperation substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

QUINTON J. HOKE.

Vitnesses:

S. L. DAvInsoN, L. WV. SMITH.

